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勃豀

Word · VerbTraditional勃谿

fight; quarrel

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

verb

to quarrel; to have a family spat

literary

文言用词,现多见于书面语或引述,特指家庭内部的争吵。

Xiōng兄
dì弟
bó勃
xī谿
 ,
wài外
rén人
dé得
lì利
 。

When brothers quarrel, outsiders profit.

Tā他
men们
wèi为
jiā家
chǎn产
fēn分
pèi配
ér而
bó勃
xī谿
 。

They quarreled over the distribution of family property.

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 《
Zhuāng庄
zǐ子
 ·
wài外
wù物
 》
zhōng中
yǒu有
 “
shì室
wú无
kōng空
xū虚
 ,
zé则
fù妇
gū姑
bó勃
xī谿
 ”
zhī之
yǔ语
 。

In "Zhuangzi: External Things," there is the phrase 'If a house is not empty, then the wife and mother-in-law will quarrel.'